Article-holder



M. GROSS.

ARTICLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1920;

1,385,443. Patented July 26, 1921.

MIDI-1E5 S17E55- UNITED STATES PA EN OFFICE.

MONES GROSS, 0F BERWTCK, PENNSYLVANIA.

ARTICLE-HOLDER.

Application filed June 8,

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, Monns Gross, of Berwick, in the county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Article-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pencil and fountain pen holders. An important object of this invention isthe provision of'an article holder for effectively maintaining pencils, pens or the like within a pocket. r

A further object of the invention is the provision of an article holder embodying a resilient retaining means whereby it is merely necessary for a person to insert the article, such as a pen or fountain pen in the pocket in the ordinary manner.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an article holder of the above described character, which is securely maintained within the pocket and having no parts projecting therefrom.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

Figure 1 is a fragmentaryside elevation of the device disposed within a pocket.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the resilient frame work.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the pencil or fountain pen engaging means.

Fig. 4 is a view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawin s, wherein for the purpose of illustration 1s shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the letter A designates a coat or the like, having a pocket B therein in which are placed articles C such as fountain pens or pencils and which are effectively maintained therein by the retaining device D.

The retaining means D comprises the resilient frame 10 having the side arms 11 and 12, which are connected by a curved section 13. It is preferred that the frame work 10 be an integral structure and formed of relatively fine gage wire. The arms 11 and 12 diverge outwardly from the connection 13 and are maintained in such position by the curved base connection 13 and to which a greater resiliency is given by the angled depressions 14 located in the arms 10 and 11 adjacent the connecting section 13. Heads 15 are formed upon the extremities of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1921. 1920. Serial No. 387,460.

free arms .11 and 12' and are relatively greaterincross section than a cross section of either of the arms. They are provided to .project laterally of the sides of the arms so that upon the insertion of the frame work into the pocket, they will engage between the seams'thcreof for securely maintaining the frame work therein. It is preferred that the offset portions 16 be struck inwardly upon said arms and adjacent the heads 15.

An elastic band 17 preferably an ordinary rubber band'is provided to be spirally twistedand has its ends 18 and 19 inserted into the instruck portion 16 of the arms of the frame 10 and maintained normally under tension in such position by the resiliency given to the framework 10 by the curved connection 13 and angled instruck portions 14.

It is to be noted that the arm 12 is shorter than the arm 11 thus giving an angular inclination to the spirally twisted elastic band 17 and which is for the purpose of greater security in maintaining the articles Within the pockets.

In operation, the device is inserted into the pocket, the heads 15 projecting within the seams of the pocket thus providing a means for preventing the frame Work from slipping out of the pocket and at the same time maintaining the rubber band 17 in a spirally twisted condition iunder tension. Thus no part of the device projects from the pocket and the pocket is maintained in a flat position with no bulges therein, such as is ordinarily the case where articles are loosely inserted into a pocket. A person needs to merely insert the article such as a pen, pencil or the like into the pocket and as it is inserted thereinto the article will engage the spirally twisted band 17 and be maintained securely in the pocket intermediate the spiral band 17 and the interior surface of the pocket by the frictional engagement incident to the tensioning of the rubber band. As the article is inserted into the pocket, a further twisting of the rubber band results from the downward pushing of the article into the pocket and when the person releases his hold upon the article, the articles will have a tendency to force themselves together on one side of the pocket due to the angular inclination of the spiral band 17 It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes 1n the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. In an article holder, the combination, of a resilient frame, comprising a pair of arms, one of said arms being longer than the other, a resilient connection secured to said arms, and a yieldable band connecting the free ends of said arms and angularly dis posed with respect to said base connection.

2. In an. article holder, the combination, with a pocket, of a resilient frame compris-. ing a pair, of arms, having an upwardly curved resilient connecting section, said arms diverging upwardly and being connected adjacent said connecting section by an inwardly struck angled section, heads formed on the free endsof said arms and projecting laterally from the sides of the arms for engaging with the side seams of the pocket, said arms having instruck seats adjacent the heads thereon, and a spirally twisted elastic band having its ends disposed within said instruck seats and held in tension by said resilient arms, one of said arms being longer than the other to give an angular inclination to the band for segregating. and maintaining articles within'the pocket. 1 3. In an article holder, the combination, of a resilient frame comprising a pairof outwardly diverging arms, a curved connecting section for maintaining said arms in such position, one of said arms being longer than the other, and each of said arms having out wardly projecting heads upon the free ends thereof larger in cross section than the cross sections through either of the arms, and

adapted to engage the side piece of the pocket.

MONES GROSS. 

